RapierFugue
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Joined: 3/16/2006 From: London, England Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP Absolutely. Pro being his being in better shape, not as battered. But the con is the mindset of the quarterback which isn't something you can pick up that fast, the ability to think like a quarterback comes from experience. Agreed. I was thinking same for pro, but adding "not as much experience with receiver progression reading" as the major con. You can practice all day long, but nothing gets the timing and read of the receivers by a QB, and their overall "meshing" better than a "proper, live" game. I'm dimly recalling one season where a star QB (I have it mind it was Troy Aikman but I could well be wrong) trained over the off-season with the team just fine, was named starting QB, then got sidelined through injury just before the season start. He came back somewhere around week 5 or 6 and, despite being fully fit, looked terrible the first couple of games, to the point some were calling for the back-up to replace him. But by game 8 or so he was back to firing on all cylinders. Whoever was coach knew it was just a matter of time and live games.
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